Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Volume 62

This volume begins with a substantial investigation of the murder of several members of the imperial family during the summer of 337, following the death of Constantine. Two other major articles are devoted to well-known Byzantine illustrated manuscripts, the ninth-century Sacra Parallela and the fourteenth-century collection of theological works by the emperor John VI Kanta-kouzenos, both now in Paris. A third art historical paper presents a detailed analysis of the architectural decoration of the church of the “Red Monastery” near Suhag in Egypt. Other studies treat the mystery of the Incarnation as well as the earliest version of the Life of the Virgin and its relationship with the cult of Marian relics in Constantinople. The volume concludes with three papers from a colloquium on the hymnographer Romanos the Melode. Front cover 1 Table of Contents 5 MICHAEL HENDY: 16 April 1942-13 May 2008 [pp. 1-4] 8 THE SUMMER OF BLOOD: The "Great Massacre" of 337 and the Promotion of the Sons of Constantine [pp. 5-51] 12 THE CULT OF FASHION: The Earliest "Life of the Virgin" and Constantinople's Marian Relics [pp. 53-74] 60 ON THE ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION AND DATING OF THE CHURCH OF DAYR ANBĀ BĪŠŪY ("RED MONASTERY") NEAR SŪHĀǦ IN UPPER EGYPT [pp. 75-112] 82 WORD AND IMAGE IN THE "SACRA PARALLELA" (CODEX PARISINUS GRAECUS 923) [pp. 113-197] 120 FOREORDAINED FROM ALL ETERNITY: The Mystery of the Incarnation According to Some Early Christian and Byzantine Writers [pp. 199-215] 206 ART, HESYCHASM, AND VISUAL EXEGESIS: Parisinus Graecus 1242 Revisited [pp. 217-247] 224 ROMANOS THE MELODE: DUMBARTON OAKS COLLOQUIUM, 12 NOVEMBER 2005 256 THE RECEPTION OF ROMANOS IN MIDDLE BY ZANTINE HOMILETICS AND HYMNOGRAPHY [pp. 251-260] 258 ROMANOS'S USE OF GREEK PATRISTIC SOURCES [pp. 261-273] 268 IMPERIAL PROPAGANDA IN THE KONTAKIA OF ROMANOS THE MELODE [pp. 275-291] 282 Back Matter 300 THE OLD TESTAMENT IN BYZANTIUM - DUMBARTON OAKS SYMPOSIUM, 1-3 DECEMBER 2006 300 ABBREVIATIONS 302 ISBN-10: 0884023559 | ISBN-13: 978-0884023555 | Publication Date: May 1,2010